Building permit data
AvailableSussex County, New Jersey building permits
75,188 permits from Sussex County’s building department since 1988 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 75,188
- Permit history
- 1988–2026
- Past 12 months
- 7,981
- Last collected
- Oct 20, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
07.5K15K
11.9K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 278 |
| 2013 | 287 |
| 2014 | 456 |
| 2015 | 535 |
| 2016 | 732 |
| 2017 | 754 |
| 2018 | 916 |
| 2019 | 1,510 |
| 2020 | 1,730 |
| 2021 | 8,671 |
| 2022 | 11,921 |
| 2023 | 10,429 |
| 2024 | 10,580 |
| 2025 | 11,120 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 5,727 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- 0659.9K
- 135K
- 043.1K
- 051.4K
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type92%
- Work descriptionwork_description0%
- Statuspermit_status92%
- Application dateapplication_date0%
- Issue dateissue_date92%
- Completion datecomplete_date0%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress8%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation91%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 75.2K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Status | Issued | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40004275 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 1907-00701-00008 | Parcel number | $2,200 |
| 40004282 | 06 | P | Aug 6, 2026 | 1907-00106-00041 | Parcel number | $2,500 |
| 00032124 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1918-03023-00063 | Parcel number | $1,500 |
| 00031930 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1918-03023-00022 | Parcel number | $5,000 |
| 90050722 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1922-00359-00005 | Parcel number | $500 |
| 90050726 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1922-00526-00140 | Parcel number | $3,000 |
| 90050723 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1922-00478-00034 | Parcel number | $9,707 |
| 90050728 | 06 | P | Aug 5, 2026 | 1922-00197-00015 | Parcel number | $17,900 |
Sources
Collected from 6 datasets published by Sussex County.
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive13,584 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive13,058 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive6,999 rows
- eTRAKiT community permit search (anonymous)etrakits portal5,701 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive4,702 rows
- Unnamed layernj dca · historical archive4,242 rows
Why rows, not permits?Hide
A department can publish the same permit in more than one dataset — a current feed and an archive, or one row per inspection. The permit count above counts each permit number once.